Category Archives: 2007-2014 Archives

SuperCorp dead, but its ghost remains, CUPE Ontario President says

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The provincial government finally made the right decision by dropping its plan to sell off shares in a “SuperCorp” conglomerate of Hydro One, Ontario Power Generation, the LCBO and…

Staff Warns of Severe Cuts to Patient Services at PRHC – MPP Jeff Leal Must Intervene

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Ontario Health Coalition Media Advisory    When:             Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 10:00 AM   Where:            The Peterborough Public Library, 345 Aylmer St. N. Boardroom …

Jobs sold off to lowest bidder, Windsor taxpayers to save one loonie per month

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. WINDSOR, Ont. – Windsor City Council yesterday sold off its top-ranked solid waste and recycling division to the lowest bidder for what amounts to a tax savings of one dollar, per household,…

Windsorites have misgivings about garbage privatization, new poll shows

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. WINDSOR, Ont. – Almost half of Windsor residents don’t know their city is planning to privatize garbage and recycling services, and many have serious misgivings about the plan now set for a…

“Rock For Haiti” Red Cross fundraising concert announced for Ottawa July 24

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   OTTAWA, Ont. – Ottawa will be host to a free rock concert on Saturday, July 24. The event is being held to raise money for Red Cross Haitian earthquake…

City council acts in community interest with vote to keep Toronto Hydro public, says CUPE

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The members of Toronto City Council listened to the people when they voted yesterday evening to keep Toronto Hydro as a publicly owned and operated asset, says the union…

Garbage strike looms in Ottawa unless Waste Management Canada drops crippling clawbacks

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OTTAWA, Ont. – Businesses, light industry, apartment and condominium residents  could face disruptions to garbage collection in as little as 17 days unless the company contracted to provide the service presents a…

Stop governing in secret: release the SuperCorp papers, says CUPE Ontario President

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The Premier of Ontario should end his new infatuation with secrecy and release the White Paper and CIBC/Goldman-Sachs report recommending selling shares in a new “SuperCorp” combining Hydro One,…

Remembering Shirley Carr, President CUPE Ontario 1972 – 1974

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Statement from Paul Moist on the passing of Sister Shirley Carr:Workers have lost a true friend with the passing of Sister Shirley Carr, a long-time activist and labour leader whose work has…

City workers union launches ad campaign “In your neighbourhood, at your service”

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The union representing City of Toronto outside workers has launched an advertising campaign to introduce residents to some of the thousands of public employees who provide…